On November 18th, 2013 a powerful cyclone crushed Sardinia killing 16 people. Nine days have passed since that dark day and islanders are still coming to terms with the loss of lives and damage to homes, roads, businesses and schools.

Schools are without chalk, paper, pens, books and hope. Makeshift schools have been set-up as the cyclone shattered the dreams and walls of young hopefuls.

Entire communities have stopped daily activities to help in the aftermath of this deadly cyclone. People from all walks of life have given the warm clothes off their back to wet and dreary survivors.

It will take years to rebuild Sardinia. Six months of rain crushed Sardinia in twenty-four hours causing landslides, mudslides and severe flooding. The most affected areas are in the Gallura and Olbia. Sixteen people are dead, including two children, about 2,300 people have lost their homes, forty-three people wounded, including three seriously, and one family is still desperately searching for their missing relative.

Here’s how you can help:

Share this message with your friends and family via the social media buttons at the bottom of this post. I can’t begin to tell you how many people have written me stating they have not even heard of the cyclone that hit Sardinia.

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Hi Jennifer, as you know from the IRG FB page, we are holding a fundraiser next week on Saturday 7th. Will finalise details and get them out so they can be circulated. Re sending money direct to this account, are you able to tell if this money is being used efficiently and getting to the people that need it- and FAST!?

This is the official account from the Comune of Olbia, how fast and efficient the money is getting to the people who need it is not a question I can answer at the moment. Maybe we can take it up on the IRG FB page as there are others there who probably know more.

This is the official account from the Comune of Olbia, how fast and efficient the money is getting to the people who need it is not a question I can answer at the moment. Maybe we can take it up on the IRG FB page as there are others there who probably know more.

As this was hard on the heels of the disaster in the Philippines and seemed to come out of no-where, publicity seems to have been scarce on this terrible situation. We’ll do our best to get the word out and help in any way we can.

Jennifer Avventura is a travel writer specializing in the Sardinia, Italy market since 2010 with work featured in D.K Eyewitness Sardinia 2015, International Living 2012, and small publications throughout Europe and Canada.

This blog is to share with the world the raw, natural and bewildering island she now calls home – Sardinia or Sardegna. With random posts on life, culture, traditions, recipes, festivals, and of course, the incredible coastline.

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